View Full Version : I thought Ephedrine was already banned. . .


FionaMaeve
Sat, April 10th, 2004, 11:44 PM
But they're selling it through tomorrow. (http://www.physicaladdictions.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=1&cat=Fat%20Burner%20Products&OVRAW=hydroxycut&OVKEY=hydroxycut&OVMTC=standard)

I was doing searches on different name brand weight loss suppliments because I wondered what the heck people would put in them without ephedra. (Everybody seems to be pumping out pills full of caffeine and green tea. Hahaha)

But then I found the store at the link above. I guess the ban doesn't go into effect until tomorrow. If that's the case, why did all these other companies already change their formulas? Their sales must be down big time without the ephedra.

FionaMaeve
Sun, April 11th, 2004, 12:04 AM
Of course, I guess if they're worried about killing someone, that might be a good reason to change the formula.

There's even a site selling the original ECA Stack for $19.95 per bottle of 120 capsules. If I were less of a person, I'd buy 20 bottles and sell them later for a lot of dough. :p

Jono
Sun, April 11th, 2004, 12:11 AM
im in canada.. story is a bit diferent here i think

i think they are only banning "ephedrine", this is made by man.. ephedra will still be available as far as i know. and they are pretty much the exact same thing!

IronPhoenix
Sun, April 11th, 2004, 01:52 AM
In the US at least it's the other way around.

Here they're banning ephedra, the ground-up-herb-itself version. So you can no longer buy ephedra as a herb. Ephedrine, the pharmaceutical drug version, however, will still be legal.

Yeah, that's right. You can no longer buy ephedra in natural herb form, you can now only purchase it in pharmaceutically-processed form. Pure hypocrisy if you ask me; this just shows washington always obeys the almighty dollar. Supplement companies are small and have no money and no lobby; pharmaceutical companies, however, have had the government in their pockets for a long time now.